At 10:00 this morning, we spotted a kettle of at least 100 broad-winged
hawks soaring above the gardens in a clear blue sky. A bit later, we had a
second group of a dozen or so. This is (one reason) why we bird!
Complete list for the gardens, Wheaton Regional Park, and the Nature Center
this morning:
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Mallard
Great Blue Heron
Green Heron
Turkey Vulture
Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Solitary Sandpiper
Mourning Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo (heard, by the Nature Center)
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (juv. male)
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Phoebe
Blue Jay
American Crow
Carolina Chickadee
Carolina Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (flocking by the Nature Center)
Veery
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
Black-and-white Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Eastern Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (female)
American Goldfinch
A note on the Carolina wren: We joined Gail and co. for a while
mid-morning, and I mistakenly told her that we had just seen a house wren.
Gail moved on, and then it came more into view and started singing.
The three thrushes (hermit, wood, and Veery) were all in the same shrubbery
near the white house, around noon. We also had Veery and hermit in the
gardens, near the conservatory.
Jim Boughton and Lesley Simmons
DC
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